Greenville College offers a diversity of classes for the thrill-seeker during Interterm, but not every thrill is available on-campus. Some, as in the case of DM170 (GC Colorado Extreme), take place miles and miles away from campus. Not only is the GC Colorado Extreme team miles away from Greenville, they are thousands of feet above it too. ...

Written by Kat Kelley.
“And we’re off like a herd of turtles!” Dr. Ahern’s choice of words couldn’t have been more fitting. A week has past and many a bird have we seen in Midwestern Birds: Habits and Habitats, although we did get off to a slow start. ...

Written by Elise Cranston. Here's the deal. I am going to let you in on a little secret. Interterm is whatever you want it to be. I am sure everyone has heard a million times from their parents that situations are what you make them, and interterm is no exception for this cliché. It can be a time to watch all of It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia on Netflix with your roommate, play endless games of Settlers ...

Written by Kat Kelley. The Downy Woodpecker, the White-breasted Nuthatch and the Eurasian Collared Dove: just three of the intended 75 bird species we hope to find in this area in Dr. William Ahern’s class Midwestern Birds: Habits and Habitats. For the upcoming weeks, 13 students, mainly freshmen honors students, will be making the short trip out to the White Environmental Education Center and taking differ ...

Written by Adam Crouch. Interterm has long been known as a time to take a "slack off class." But a small group of people this interterm decided to make what they learned useful as well. Those people are the ones signed up for Jake Plummer's Martial Arts Class--although while in the class, "Jake" is known as Sensei. Normally seen mixing dangerous chemicals and giving upsetting grades to hard-working chemistr ...

Written by Hoss Dossett. Remember remembering high school, maybe even junior high and elementary, after looking through some tattered yearbooks? No? Not very many people do – at least, anymore. In this day and age, our memories are easily retrieved after a quick peruse through the social media universe and, consequently, yearbooks are becoming more and more obsolete. It is for this very reason (and probably ...

Written by Kyle Smith. This past weekend, a group of twenty-one students traveled with Dr. Hartley and Emily Bishop to spend a weekend at St. Meinrad’s Archabbey. The abbey is comprised of a Benedictine monastery, a Catholic seminary, and guest house accommodations. This trip was organized as part of Dr. Hartley’s Foundations of Christian Doctrine Class as a way to engage different methods of practicing the ...

Written by Kevin Dunne. It is officially Christmas time on the GC campus and despite the lack of snow, 65 degree days, and rain, the season is in full swing. Halls have been decked, Messiah concerts have been held, ABC Family’s 25 days of Christmas has begun, and trees have been set up. The Christmas spirit and decorations on campus bring that oh so special holiday cheer are positively bursting at every pos ...

Written by Haley Fahrner. Monday, November 26, Dr. Stanley Hauerwas graced Greenville College with his presence. Hauerwas is the Gilbert T. Rowe Professor of Theological Ethics at Duke Divinity school, and before teaching at Duke, he was a longtime professor at Notre Dame. Time magazine named him “America’s Best Theologian.” He has authored or co-authored numerous books and essays, and his works have pervad ...